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B. M. GRANDAL.

Link Fence.

No. 240,388. Patented April 19,188i.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD M. ORANDAL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LINK-FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,388, dated April 19,- 1881.

Application filed February 28, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. CRANDAL, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in Link-Fences, of which the following is a specification.

In the Letters Patent to me dated November 28, 1876, No. 184,844, there is described a fence composed of open-ring links formed of a length of wire doubled together so as to form an eye out of the centerof the length and having its two ends barbed or pointed,the barbed points of each link being passed through the eye of its neighbor link, and then twisted and interlocked, so as to prevent withdrawal, the portion of the link between the eye and the barbed ends being left open.

In the present invention, which is an improvement upon that shown in said patent, I employ a ring-link having an eye at one end formed by the doubling of the length of wire and barbed points atthe otherend but instead of leaving the central portion open, as in said former invention, I twist it after the manner of ordinary fence-cables; and I also look the links together in a stronger and diiTerent manner from the previous patent.

The accompanying drawings show at Figure 1 a section of myimproved fence, and Fig. 2 shows a portion thereof not completely formed.

In said drawings, A A represent the links, They are formed of pieces of wire pointed at both ends, a a, and doubled at the center,so as to bringsaid points together and to form the bend or eye a. Said ends or points are inserted within the bend a (N0 model.)

of the adjoininglinks, and are then bent back and around said part a, passing, in so doing,

through or between the sides of the link of 40 which they themselves are a part, thus forming eyes a in each ofthe ends a surrounding the bend a of said neighborlink, and sustaining each an equal amount of the strain. The ends are next bent at right angles laterally to the fence, and so as to lie down upon the sides a of the link. There is formed in this manner a firm lock of each link to its neighbor, which will not permit separation and will resist any strain which the continuous parts of the links are capable of withstanding.

The link is completed by twisting it between its ends, as clearly illustrated. This prevents any tendency of the links to telescope one within the other.

With links constructed after my present in vention the fence has all the strength of the continuous wire with added flexibility.

Fig. 1 gives two views of the coupling-joint, and Fig. 2 contains a view thereof which is the reverse of the left-hand one in Fig. 1.

I claim- Thelink-fence composed of the doubled and twisted links coupled together by bending the points of one through and around the eye of its neighbor, the bend of the points being continued until they have passed through their parent link and are spread laterally, so as to rest upon the sides thereof, substantially as shown.

EDWARD M. GltANDAL. Witnesses:

EVERETT BROWN, EDMUND ADcooK. 

